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• [New] New itineraries will target emerging destinations like Southwest, West, and East Africa, along with polar regions and warm-water spots such as the Seychelles and Pacific Islands. Voyager Info
• [New] Zanzibar offers opportunities for combining a seaside vacation with an exciting safari in East Africa, while Seychelles is perfect for island hopping and exploring beautiful beaches. Our Soulful Travels
• Emirates and Air Seychelles have established a new codeshare partnership that will offer seamless connections for Emirates customers connecting on Air Seychelles-operated flights from Mahe to Praslin Island. Emirates
• The regions of the world most significantly at risk include islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans (the Maldives, the Seychelles, the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu), the Caribbean Sea, and the Atlantic littoral, particularly along the Southern U.S. THE FUNAMBULIST MAGAZINE
• About 2.7 million people in six countries in southern Africa including the Comoros (368,508), Madagascar (135,838), Malawi (440,479), Mauritius (225), Mozambique (1,753,234) and Seychelles are projected to be affected by the passage of the intense tropical cyclone Chido. allAfrica.com
• The upper-middle-income and high-income countries (Botswana, Mauritius, Namibia, Seychelles and South Africa) together will contribute 74.9% (US$ 52.45 billion out of the total of US$ 70.037 billion) of the 5-year cumulative fiscal space in the East and Southern Africa subregion. PubMed Central (PMC)
• Domestic tourism will remain strong in 2024, whether in the US or Europe and Africa, where an increasing number of countries - Kenya, Gambia, Seychelles, and soon Rwanda - have removed visa requirements for all African travelers. ROADBOOK
• Within the Indian Ocean, Seychelles has led the way in blue carbon research, with three noteworthy projects so far: the Roadmap to Blue Carbon Opportunities in Seychelles, the Blue Carbon Assessment for Mangrove Systems in Seychelles and the Seychelles Seagrass and Carbon Mapping Project. Nature
• In recent years blue bonds have gained recognition as a means of raising capital for projects that will deliver environmental outcomes in marine areas, including in the Seychelles and Belize. Kentico
• Volunteer clean-ups have resulted in almost nine metric tons of marine litter being cleared from beaches across the Seychelles, in what researchers have described as a powerful demonstration of the potential of citizen science. phys.org
• Small island nations like Seychelles face unique vulnerabilities as they depend on the ocean for survival but also face impacts of climate change such as rising sea levels, changing rainfall patterns and acid damage to coral reefs. CNN
• Sky Mobile customers heading to the Maldives or Seychelles could be forking out a whopping £8.64 every minute for calls to local or UK mobiles - which is £130 for a 15-minute phone call. The Guardian
• Countries such as Botswana, Mauritius, Morocco, Namibia, the Seychelles, and Tunisia have enormous opportunities across both fronts. Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment
• £7.4 million is to fund drought insurance protection for Somalia over the next three years through African Risk Capacity, and £7.1 million is to fund disaster insurance cover in Senegal, Somalia, Madagascar, and Zimbabwe over two years through the Start Network. Reinsurance News
• In June, Senegal announced a JETP worth 2.5 billion euros under which it aims to increase its share of renewable energy in its installed capacity to 40% by 2030. Reuters
• Other African countries - Algeria, Nigeria, Mauritania, Senegal and others - are pursuing or considering new energy projects, mostly in the field of natural gas, a relatively clean fossil fuel which could provide transitional energy. UnHerd
• Around 6 000 jobs in small and medium businesses (SMEs) and mid-caps will be supported by COFINA funding in Cote d'Ivoire and Senegal. European Investment Bank
• In Senegal, the rising sea level continued to cause erosion in fishing villages, including in Guet-Ndar in Saint-Louis, threatening livelihoods and forcing communities to further move inland. Amnesty International
• The JETP, which targets the deployment of renewable energy to reach 40% of installed capacity by 2030, is a welcome development and has the potential to make a significant difference in Senegal's energy sector. TheCable
• Woodside's Sangomar oil development in Senegal will supply oil from mid-2024 and offer crude that's suited to European refineries. Energy Connects
• By the end of 2023, Senegal could be on its way to producing 1 billion barrels of oil and 40 trillion cubic feet of gas to add to the climate crisis. Impakter

Last updated: 13 June 2025